John Squires had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Bobcats, who played without leading scorer Ed Bogdanovich.

Bates jumped out of the gate quickly, connecting on its first five shots and taking a 10-2 lead just three minutes into the contest. Bowdoin clamped down defensively after that, allowing just five field goals over the final 16 minutes of the half as the Bobcats hit just five of 24 for the remainder of the stanza.

The Polar Bears took advantage and mounted a 16-2 run, sparked by a pair of Hurley 3-pointers and a dunk by Hanley.

On the strength of 60 percent shooting in the period, Bowdoin carried a 38-26 edge into the break. The Polar Bears pushed the lead to as many as 18 points early in the second half before a brief 9-2 surge by the Bobcats trimmed the lead to 51-40 with 11:30 to go.

Bates had a pair of possessions to cut the lead into single digits, but came away empty as Bowdoin answered with a 9-3 spurt, highlighted by a Keegan Pieri trifecta, to put the game out of reach.

Bowdoin shot 54.9 percent from the field and connected on six- of- 12 from 3- point range.

On Friday, Hanley finished with game-highs of 29 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists as the Polar Bears opened up a 47-32 halftime lead on the way to an 84- 68 win over Colby in non-conference play Friday night at Whitmore- Mitchell Court at Wadsworth Gymnasium in Waterville.

Hanley shot 12-for-18 from the field and 5-of-6 from the foul line for Bowdoin. Hurley added 16 points and four steals, O’Connell had 15 points and five assists, and Madlinger finished with five points, five assists and four steals.

Ben Foreman led Colby with 17 points and three assists. The Mules (3-4) also received 13 points from Shane Rogers, 11 points and four assists by Kyle Donovan, and 10 points from Eric Beaulieu.

Men’s hockey

Bowdoin cruised to a weekend sweep of NESCAC opponents, defeating Connecticut College 7-0 on Saturday afternoon at Watson Arena.

The Polar Bears improved to 5-3-1 (3-2-1 NESCAC), while the Camels fell to 2- 6 ( 2- 4 NESCAC).

The game was the final match of the opening semester for both squads. Bowdoin will return to action Jan. 3 at Wentworth.

Colin Downey had a goal and two assists for Bowdoin, which also received a pair of goals from Tim McGarry. Richard Nerland made 20 saves in his fourth career shutout.

Bowdoin scored twice in the opening period on nearly identical plays. At 8:09, Jordan Lalor took a feed from Ollie Koo and blasted a shot from the point that Colin Downey redirected past Camel netminder Mike Petchonka. Late in the frame, Lalor took another pass from Koo at the blue line and ripped a shot that slipped through traffic in front to give the hosts a two-goal edge at 17:49.

After killing off a 5- on- 3 power play overlapping the end of the first and beginning of the second periods, Bowdoin scored on a pair of breakaways to double the lead. At 7:11, Harry Matheson received a feed from Ryan Collier and skated in alone on Petchonka, snapping a topshelf shot to make it 3- 0. Shorthanded moments later, Rob MacGregor and Robert Toczylowski broke loose behind the Camel defense. Petchonka stopped the initial shot by MacGregor, but Toczylowski knocked home the rebound for a four-goal lead at 8:39.

McGarry added his teamhigh sixth and seventh goals of the season at 8:13 and 12:28 of the third period before John McGinnis added a tally at 13:28.

Petchonka made 35 saves and allowed six goals in 52:28 before being replaced by Andrew Margolin, who made a single save and permitted a goal over the final 7:32.

On Friday, Bowdoin ended a brief two-game losing streak with a convincing 5-1 victory over Tufts.

Five different players scored for the Polar Bears.

The lone goal of the opening period came off the stick of MacGregor, who knocked home a rebound off the stick of Kyle Lockwood at 5:21 to give the hosts a 1-0 lead after one frame.

Bowdoin made it 2-1 after a five- minute major penalty against Tufts, scoring off a McGarry chance from the right face-off circle at 9:40 of the second stanza.

The Polar Bears took advantage of another power play later in the frame as Matheson found the back of the net at 15:18 to give Bowdoin a 3-1 lead heading into the third.

Danny Palumbo and Toczylowski scored in the third period for Bowdoin, which led in shots 37-20.

Bowdoin goaltender Steve Messina registered the win with 19 saves. Downey and Lalor each had a pair of assists.

Women’s hockey

Second- ranked Norwich University scored three times in the second period of a 4-1 win over Bowdoin on Saturday evening at Kreitzberg Arena.

The Polar Bears closed out their first semester with a record of 1-3-2 and will return to action on Jan. 2 against Wesleyan at the UMass-Boston Codfish Bowl Tournament.

After an evenly- played scoreless first period, Norwich (10-1-1) took the lead at 9:10 of the second frame on a power-play goal by Melissa Rundlett. The Cadets took command with two goals in the span of 91 seconds late in the frame, as Renee Lortie’s power play goal at 18:23 was followed by Julie Fortier’s tally with just six seconds remaining in the stanza, giving the hosts a 3-0 lead. Haley Gibson scored just 51 seconds into the third period for Norwich.

Emily Tang scored Bowdoin’s lone goal on the power play with 5:59 remaining. Shelagh Merrill and Stephanie Ludy earned assists on the play.

Tara Connolly made 17 saves in the loss for Bowdoin. Joanie Plamondon stopped 15 shots for the Cadets.

On Friday, the Polar Bears rallied from a 2-0 deficit in earning a 2-2 tie against Salve Regina at Middletown, R.I.

After a scoreless opening period, Salve Regina (3-2-2) got a second-period goal from Sarah McCusker, and doubled its lead early in the third on a goal from Taylor Shepherd with 15:20 to go.

Bowdoin answered quickly as Kenzie Novak scored just 21 seconds later to draw the Polar Bears within a goal. Stephanie Ludy and Alexandra Chlebeck notched an assist each on the goal.

The Polar Bears deadlocked the game 81 seconds later when Kayle Holtz took a feed from Dominique Lozzi for the gametying goal with 13:38 left.

Kayla Lessard, making her first start of the year, stopped 17 shots for Bowdoin. Rebecca

Women’s basketball

Jill Henrikson scored a team-high 28 points as Bowdoin dominated the second half of an 83- 59 win over Emerson College on Saturday afternoon.

The Polar Bears ended their first semester at 6-2 and will play at the Posada Royale Holiday Classic on Dec. 30-31 at Cal-Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Henrikson connected on 8- of-11 from the field, including 4-of-6 from long-range and 8- of-9 from the charity stripe to notch 28 points while adding seven rebounds and four assists. Amy Hackett pitched in 13 points, while Kaitlin Donahoe had 10 points, six assists and five steals.

Emerson’s Olivia DiNucci led all players with 31 points, including seven 3-pointers.

Bowdoin used a 7-2 run late in the opening period to break open a tie game and carry a 31-26 edge into intermission.

The Polar Bears had a decisive 15-3, sparked by 3-pointers from Henrikson and Ellery Gould, and capped on a hoop-and-harm converted by Henrikson to give the visitors a 65-45 lead with 7:55 to go.

Indoor track

Bowdoin opened its seasons with a successful showing at the USM Invitational Saturday.

The Polar Bear tracksters placed first in the men’s fourteam meet, while the women had several winners in a nonscoring meet.

The Bowdoin men totaled 74 points, while Westfield State scored 65. Southern Maine had 39 points and St. Joseph’s finished with six.

Coby Horowtiz placed first in the one-mile run (4:26.01) and the 3,000 meter run (8:58.75). Other winners for the men’s team included Riker Wikoff in the 55 hurdles (8.16) and Chris Genco in the high jump (6-04).

Laura Peterson won a pair of events for the women’s team, taking the long jump with a distance of 17- 05.50 while winning the triple jump with a total of 36-01.50.

Other victors included Elsa Millett in the 600 ( 1: 40.91), Maggie Bryan in the 800 (2:25.67) and Caroline Tory in the 1,000 (3:14.17). Emily Barr and Annie Huyler tied for first in the 55 dash ( 7.78), while Erin Silva took the pole vault with a height of 11-0.

Thewomen’s4x200meter relay team of Cleo Daoud, Thu-Trang Ho, Emily Clark and Samantha Copland finished first in 1:55.96, while the 4 x 400 relay squad of Barr, Copland, Daoud and Millett also took first in 4:13.20.

The teams will both return to action after the break when they host a meet on Jan. 14.